IIA Issues Note, No. 2 (2010) - Denouncing International Agreements - A Way Out of Arbitration?

Withdrawing from bilateral investment treaties and denouncing
the ICSID Convention raises new legal questions for
investor-State arbitration.
Recently, the withdrawal by the Plurinational State of Bolivia
and by Ecuador from the International Centre for the Settlement
of Investment Disputes (ICSID) as well as the termination of
several bilateral investment treaties (BITs) by Ecuador are
bringing to light a range of delicate legal issues.
This Issues Note explores some of these:
How are the withdrawal from ICSID convention by States and
the consent to arbitration ...